Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Smell This

So we got this "new" couch from Lo and Brad who no longer wanted it and it is super comfy and free so it's now in the study. But every time I sit on it I feel like I'm in their house bc it totally smells like their house. Not a bad smell by any means, but it's just what their house smells like. Then the other day Ryan was borrowing a shirt from Matt when we were at the Meredith's house and he kept commenting this shirt smells like their house, and I could smell it too and agreed. Once again it did not smell bad it just smelled like them. So now I wonder what our house smells like. I never thought about it and I guess I'm never gone long enough to notice it. I know when I go home to TN as soon as I walk in the door it smells like home but what is it? What makes it smell? It's not like the house shampoos and wears deodarant and smelly lotion so I don't get it. Right now I feel like our house smells like dirty laundry and wet dog but I hope that's fleeting. Anyway if you can answer why houses smell like they do please tell me....and I hope the answer isn't dead skin cells.

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I think its just years of accumulation of smells particular to each house i.e old lumber, new sheetrock, aged hardwood floors or new linoleum, laundry soap, shampoo, dish soap, dog hair, moldy floors, wood cleaner, foods you cook, etc.. I remember that Lindas house always smelled like Tide and Beautiful perfume no matter where she lived. They say smell is the strongest trigger for memory and I've come to realize that its true. What does my house smell like? Mom I

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